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EZEKIEL VAN NOORDEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLAZED ROOF OR STRUCTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Leters Patent No. 705,491, dated July 22, 1902. Application tiled February 13,1902. Serial No. 93,833. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that LEZEKIEL VAN N ooRDEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Glazed Roofs or Structures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hady to the accompanying drawings, forming a ,part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to means for supporting and holding panes ofglass and for providing the structure with interior means of condensation-drainage.

I will now describe the invention in connection with the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a view, principallyin plan, of a portion of a glazed structure having my im? provement. Fig. 2 is a view Vin vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a view in cross-section upon the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in cross-section upon the dotted line 4 4: of Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate sectional views of a modified form, to which reference is hereinafter made. C

Referring to the drawings, A represents ehannel-bars or other similar met-al structure having parallel sides a a. and a bottom a2. These channel-bars are arranged with their open sides uppermost, generally parallel with each other,and upon suitable supports. They are usually inclined and arranged at about the width of a pane of glass apart and so that the panes will meet over the center of the opening, and they serve in part as direct supports for panes of glass as well as for the support of cross-channels, which may also serve to assist in supporting the glass and also as a means for receiving and removing the drip of condensation and leakage.`

a3 is the drainage-channel.

Each bar has sections of its sides a a rcmoved to provide room for the cross glasssupports B. These supports have the relatively` highlower side b, the relatively low upper side b', and the bottom b2, and they form troughs or channels b3, which open into the channels a3 of the.bars A and being of such lengths that their ends terminate in said Vchannels. They serve to support the edges of the panes of glass at right angles to the edges supported by the bars A, the panes resting upon the upper edge of the side b, which may be provided with a flange to furnish a broad support, and upon the shoulder c of a clip C, which has a downward-extending portion c' to the bottom b2 of the support and which has an upward extension c2 between the panes and a flange c3, which bears upon one of them, the clip thus serving both as a pane-rest and a pane down-retainer. The upper side b of the cross-support is made lower in order that underneath pane-drip may enter the trough Without coming into contact with the upper side. It would come in contact with the clip and run down its surface into the portion of the trough above it, and in order that it may not be retained therein the portion c of the clip Where it bears upon the bottom is provided with holes c4, through which the accu mulated drip may lpass into the main part of the trough below.

The panes of glass and the cross-supports are held to the bars A bymeans of bow-caps d of a width to span the joint between the two lines of panes, having feet to rest upon the surface thereof and bolt-holes d and holding-clips d2 held in the channel a3, oppositely curved to the curve of the caps d and held in the channel against upward stress by ears dintegralwith the walls ct o. of the bar and formed, preferably, by striking inward toward each other into the channel-sections of the Walls. These clip-holding ears may be so shaped as to provide upon their under surface the upward-extending notches d4 for the reception of the ends of the clips d2, which are drawn into them by the bolts D, which draw the clips and caps together, Veach clip having Va hole for the reception of the bolt, the head of each bolt being on the under side of the clip and the bolt passing upward between the panes and through a hole (Z' of the cap, presenting its threaded end uppermost and receiving a drawing and locking nut upon the upper side of the cap.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have represented the cross-clip, the equivalent of the clipsd, as not bowed, but as ext-ending straight across the cavity of the bar A and as being formed from dat sheet metal bent at the center 0f its width to provide openings `to receive-thevears formed in from the sides a a' of the bar. This construction I consider an equivalent for that ICO of the clip d2. I would further say that the ears d3 may be formed by setting in portions of the sides a a' without cutting the sides, if so desired, the setting in of the sides forming holding projections upon the inner surface of the sides.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a glazed structure, the combination of the channel-bars, panes of glass having edges which rest thereon, integral ears upon the inner sides of the walls of the said channelbars, clips bearing against the said ears, caps covering the joints between contiguous panes of glass, and bolts extending from the clips to the caps tying them together and the panes of glass to the channel-bars.

2. The combination of channel-bars having integral eals extending inward from their sides andprovided with seats upon their under surfaces, downwardly-arched clips having ends held against said ear-seats, panes of glass supported by the channelbars, caps covering the joints between them, and bolts extending from the clips through the caps and serving to hold the clips against the ears With their ends in the ear-seats, the caps against the outer surface of the glass panes and the panes upon the channelbars.

3. The channel-bars having cross-recesses, cross-channel supports extending from said recesses and supported by the channel-bars, the said supports having outwardly-turned anges from the edge of their upper and lower sides, the flanges from the edge of the lower side being adapted to laterally support the upper edge of the glass panes, While the ange from the upper edge is turned away to afford opportunity for the passing of drip upon the under 'surface of said panes to the channel, and independent clips bearing upon the bottom of the supports, having upon one side seats for panes of glass and extending between the panes and forming the outer down-holes for panes.

EZEKIEL VAN NOORDEN.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, J. M. DoLAN. 

